The Queensland Country Women's Association may be best known for scones, cooking, and craft, but in small rural and regional towns, the organisation has become a meeting point for mental health assistance, as well as funding for drought and flood recovery.

In Julia Creek, in the state's north-west, branch manager Lyn Clout has been busy organising renovations to the hall, revamping it to include a tea room and overnight accommodation for travellers.

Support needed more than ever

Ms Clout said that with the devastation the local community has recently been through with flood, which followed almost 10 years of drought, mental health professionals being accessible in a subtle way in the town had never been more vital.